Nigeria, March 27 -- A civil society organisation, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), has said it tracked over N2 billion spent by political parties and their candidates during last year's governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.

It also reported tracking N9.7 billion and N3.7 billion spent on election expenses in Edo and Ondo states, respectively.

The governorship elections took place on 21 September 2024 while it held on 16 November 2024 in Ondo State.

The Head of Research and Strategy, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), Oluwafemi Adebayo, disclosed this information on Tuesday during the public presentation of the Campaign Finance Tracking Report for the Edo and Ondo State 2024 Governorship Elections. Mr Adebayo said, "Vo...